Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a rare disease that has been linked to certain drugs, such as antibiotics, antifungal agents, anticonvulsants, and antihypertensive agents. Other possible triggers that have been described include infection, pregnancy, allergens, spider bites, iodinated contrast media, herbal medicinal products, and tumors. In some cases, however, the causati...

Background & Aim: Aflatoxin (AF) is the most important fungus that contaminates food and feed and can enter the food chain of humans. The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of thistle seeds (silybum marianum L.) to reduce the adverse effects of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) on the immune system, variables related to the intestine, appearance and mortality of t...

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a popular herbal product used for hepatoprotection and chemoprevention. Two commercially available formulations are the crude extract, silymarin, and the semipurified product, silibinin. Silymarin consists of at least seven flavonolignans, of which the most prevalent are the diastereoisomers silybin A and silybin B; silibinin consists only of silybin A and sil...

Chemotherapeutic agent, busulfan, induce oxidative stress as a mechanism to kill cancer cells, however, it may also cause in non-target tissues and thereby lead normal tissue injury. Milk thistle (Silybum marianum L.) has been used for centuries herbal drug. The present study was carried out investigate the potential effects of wild Silybum seed ethanol extract (SMSEE) intervention on induced b...

silymarin production by hairy root culture of milk thistle (silybum marianum l. gaertn) was investigated using agrobacterium rhizogenes ar15834. hairy roots were induced by injection or inoculation of explants with a. rhizogenes. one month old hairy roots were dissected from the explants and grown in murashing and skoog (ms) liquid medium. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) using the b gene and th...

In living beings, antioxidants are of vital importance for protection against oxidative damage caused by reactive oxygen species. Silymarin (SM), a plant-derived flavonoid present in the fruits and seeds milk thistle Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn., has recognized hepatoprotective effect. this work, vitro silymarin antioxidant effect on non-enzymatic peroxidation (NEP) chicken liver mitochondria ...

in order to evaluate the effects of organic, biological and chemical fertilizers on yield and yield components of milk thistle (silybum marianum l.), an experiment was conducted at the research station of ferdowsi university of mashhad based on complete randomized block design with three replications and six treatments during year 2007. treatments included inoculated seeds with azotobacter, com...